We have any wild man firefighters here tonight? These guys are making like 50% of what the county firefighters are making and what the Cal state firefighters are making. So we need. And Half of our district is actually federal land where the wildland firefighters are working. So they are literally having to quit to go work for someone else that's paying almost double just to make ends meet and live in southern California. (35:33–35:39)
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